Strømme Throndsen Design

What Strømme Throndsen Design does

Strømme Throndsen Design is a privately held Norwegian design agency founded in 1995 and headquartered at Fridtjof Nansens vei 19, Oslo. The firm operates as a boutique creative consultancy with a headcount in the 1-10 range, led by Creative Director Morten Throndsen, and serves enterprise clients internationally. It specializes in packaging design, visual identity, brand strategy, concept development, logo design, and typography, with packaging design as its most recognized discipline.

The agency's core service offering is project-based professional design work delivered through direct client engagement, supported by a proprietary methodology called 'Concept Story' — a self-developed storytelling framework used to develop brand narratives and design concepts for clients. Customer segments are anchored in food and beverage (Fjordland, Brynild, Black Tower/Reh Kendermann, Tine/Sunniva, Braastad/Arcus, Lerum, Ringnes/Munkholm, Jacobs Utvalgte/NorgesGruppen, Hennig Olsen Is, Grønne Folk, Lofoten, Min Boazu) and extend into retail (Steen & Strøm, Eger, Promenaden) and financial services (Oslo Børs/VPS/OMS). The firm holds a self-described position as Norway's most award-winning design agency in packaging design, with a multi-year international award track record including Pentawards wins across 10 consecutive years and inclusion on the Pentawards Top 20 All-Time Winners list for 2007-2020.

Revenue is generated through professional design services billed on a project basis at undisclosed rates; no revenue, pricing, or funding figures are publicly disclosed. The firm has no subsidiaries, no parent company, no venture capital or private equity involvement, and operates as an independent consultancy. Distribution is entirely direct: the agency engages clients through its own website (Norwegian and English), social channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), newsletter, and earned media through design awards and trade press coverage.

Name

Strømme Throndsen Design

Legal name

Strømme Throndsen Design

Website

https://stdesign.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Strømme Throndsen Design is a Norwegian design agency founded in 1995, specializing in packaging design, visual identity, and brand strategy for enterprise food, beverage, retail, and financial services clients from its Oslo headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Brand & Packaging Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAFAEAG

Packaging & Product Brand Design

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Brand Strategy & Creative Services

Keywords

• Packaging design services
• Visual identity design
• Brand strategy consulting
• Concept development
• Logo design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Design Services: Project-based professional design services including packaging design, visual identity, brand strategy, logo design, concept development, and web design for B2B clients across food, beverage, retail, and consumer goods sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Strømme Throndsen Design is a Norwegian design agency delivering packaging design, brand strategy, visual identity, and concept development services. Their core work focuses on packaging design (their most recognised specialty) alongside logo, typography, brand naming, and visual identity systems. They serve enterprise brands in food, beverage, retail, and consumer goods sectors across multiple countries from their Oslo headquarters.

Product overview

Strømme Throndsen Design is an award-winning Norwegian design agency offering a unified suite of design services centered on packaging design, brand strategy, and visual identity development. The core offerings include packaging design services (their most recognized specialty), brand strategy and development, visual identity design including logo and typography, and a proprietary 'Concept Story' methodology for storytelling-driven design. The agency operates as a service-based consultancy rather than a software product, serving clients across food, beverage, retail, and consumer goods sectors internationally from their Oslo headquarters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Packaging Design Services Award-winning packaging design services for food, beverage, and consumer goods brands, including concept development, structural design, and visual packaging solutions.
• Brand Strategy and Development Comprehensive brand strategy services including brand naming, visual identity creation, and brand architecture development for both new and established brands.
• Visual Identity Design Visual identity systems including logo design, typography, color palette development, and brand guidelines for corporate and retail clients.
• Concept Story Method Self-developed proprietary storytelling methodology for achieving design success through narrative-driven brand concepts, offered to clients as a differentiated service approach.

Quantifiable outcome

• Redesign for Black Tower Rosé resulted in 61% sales increase
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BamaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBama invested in Grønne Folk in 2020. Grønne Folk is a vegetarian food brand created by Strømme Throndsen Design, developed in collaboration with Viken Gartneri Frosta and chefs Hegstad Blakstad.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Pentagram: Multi-partner design consultancy with deep packaging, identity and typography work; its high-profile partners mirror Morten Throndsen's Graphis Master positioning and represent the prestige incumbent tier.
• Interbrand: Global brand consultancy with packaging, identity and brand-strategy practices competing for the same enterprise rebranding mandates that STD pursues.
• Landor & Fitch: Global brand consulting network (WPP) offering packaging, brand strategy and identity at enterprise scale; represents the broad incumbent alternative for the same client briefs STD competes on.

Regional players

• BVD Stockholm: Long-established Scandinavian brand and packaging design agency; closest geographic and cultural peer to STD, operating in the same Nordic FMCG and retail client ecosystem.
• Stockholm Design Lab: Scandinavian design agency working in brand strategy, visual identity and packaging for enterprise clients; comparable regional competitor serving overlapping Nordic F&B and retail brands.

Direct peers

• Mucho: Barcelona-based packaging and brand identity studio with a comparable boutique footprint, award-driven profile (Dieline, Pentawards), and F&B/premium consumer brand clientele.
• Bulletproof: Independent brand and packaging design agency operating internationally for FMCG and drinks brands; comparable specialism in packaging systems, brand identity, and shelf-impact design.
• Design Bridge: Global packaging and brand design agency with strong F&B and FMCG credentials; the most direct international analogue to Strømme Throndsen's packaging-led, brand-strategy offering for major consumer brands.
• Pearlfisher: Boutique packaging and brand design agency focused on food, beverage and consumer goods; comparable to STD in scale, packaging specialism, and enterprise F&B client roster.
• Carter Wong Design Partners: London-based brand and packaging design consultancy with comparable size, packaging-led practice and enterprise FMCG/clientele.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Str%C3%B8mme-Throndsen-Design/124789727588507
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/str-mme-throndsen-design
• Instagraminstagram.com/stdesign_oslo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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